Tube Screamer VS Compressor/Pure Boost

    I go for the Compressor + Pure Boost over the Tube Screamer.


    Or Compressor + Treble Boost.


    Tube Screamers are mid "honky", IMO, they colour the sound way too much, good for playing live, but not so good at home.
    My favourite Overdrive pedal in the KPA would be the combination of the Compressor and Pure Boost.


    Compressor intensity between 3.5 and 4.5
    Volume +1


    Pure Boost Volume at between +0.4 and +1.0



    That's the whole point of a tube screamer though, the mids and then boost and saturation, especially in a high gain/me†al context. Of course certain amps like tube screamers more than others, Mesa Recitfiers for example and sound awesome with them. And of course, it is a preferential thing as well.

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